Handle or drawer-pull.



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EDGAR W. BASSICK, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE BURNS,SILVER & CO.,

OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

HAND LE OR DRAWE R-PULL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR W. BAssIoK,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Handles or Drawer-Pulls; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. My invention relates to handles or drawer pulls,such as are secured in position. on drawers or doors of articles offurniture and are then equipped with suitable handle devices.

My invention relates to that class of such devices in which a hollowpost and rose are used in connection with a threaded shank which latteris passed through a suitable opening in the article of furniture andsecured in position by means of any suitable nut or similar deviceengaging the threaded portion of such shank, and the object of myimprovement is to so assemble the shank in position that it will notobstruct the attaching of the handle, but will, on the other hand,afford ample clearance so that any sort of a handle may be connectedwithout likelihood of accidental detachment, while at the same time thedevice, as a Whole, is rendered exceedingly simple and effective.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction which will be hereinafter fully set forth and thenparticularly pointed out in the claims which conclude this description.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of thepost and rose of my improvement, Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of thecompleted article, Fig. 3 a detail elevation of a post and rose such asI contemplate using in a modified construction of my improved handle ordrawer pull, Fig. 4 a sectional elevation of such modified construction,Fig. 5 a front elevation showing my improvement in completed form with abail handle-attached and used in connection with an ordinary face plate,and Fig. 6 a sectional elevation showing my improvement constructed toreceive any ordinary pull such as a ring.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawing.

1 is the hollow post and 2 the rose of my Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed March 25, 1908.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Serial No. 423,185.

improved trimming which are preferably made integral, said plate beingbulged or swelled as shown at 3 near the periphery for contact with thebail so that the latter will not strike against the furniture as will beclearly understood. The to of the head is preferably countersunk as sown at 4, and one side of this countersunk portion is perforated asshown at 5, and at opposite sides of this perforation I preferably formnotches 6. 7 is a short pin which is threaded externally at its lowerend and which extends through this erforation and is provided near theupper end) with fins 8 which fit within the notches 6, said pin beingprovided with an offset head 9 which fits snugly within the countersunkportion 4.

14 is a ltube which is internally threaded and whose upper portion isscrewed to the threaded lower end of the pin 7, while the lower portionof said tube is adapted to receive any suitable headed screw for thepurpose of securing the improvement in position on an article offurniture. This pin 7 and tube 14 constitute the element hereinafterreferred to as the threaded shank, but it' Will of course be understoodthat I can, if desired, employ the usual solid integral shank externallythreaded at its lower end for en gagement with an ordinary nut insecuring the improvement to the article of furniture, and I therefore donot wish to be limited in this respect.

The object of the fins and notches is to prevent the threaded shank fromturning, but since the head 9 is offset and snugly fits within thecountersunk portion 4 this construc tion alone will prevent this resultunless the head should accidentally slip out of the countersink in whichinstance the fins and notches will keep such shank from turning.

10 is a perforation on the side of the head 1 for the reception of oneend of the handle, this perforation being so located that it is asremote as possible from the pin 7, so that the end of the bail or handlemay be inserted for a considerable distance within the head therebyenabling said handle to be so attached that it will not be likely tobecome accidentally detached.

In the construction shown at Fig. 2 the threaded shank is disposed atthe side of the inner portion of the post 1 so as to provide a properclearance for the end of the bail or andle, but I contemplate severalways of accomplishing this result, all of which are mere modificationsof my improvement in this respect.

In the construction shown at Fig. 4, I have shown an ordinary solidthreadecshank l5 whose upper portion is offset as shown at 11, the head9 being joined to the top of this offset ortion in precisely the samemanner as in t ie instance of the construction shouni at Fig. 2.

There is no difference between the constructions shown at Figs. l and 3except that in the latter the perforation 5 is slightly different inshape in order to permit the insertion of the offset 11.

In the construction shown at Fig. 6 I have illustrated the manner inwhich an ordinary ring pull can be utilized in connection with myimprovement said ring being shown in dotted lines, the extremities ofthe ring being sprung within diametrically opposite openings 10 in thepost l.

In instances where a face plate is to be used on the article offurniture, I contemplate forming the post and rose integral with saidplate, and in Fig. 5 I have shown a face plate 12 with my improvementformed therewith and equipped with the usual form of bail handle 13whose extremities are properly connected by inserting them within theperforations in the sides of the posts.

Of course, it will be readily understood that the countersinking of thetop of the pest and the fitting of the head of the shank snugly withinsaid eountersunk portion provides a very effective finish, but it willbe clear that the top of the post may be left perfectly plain and thatthe head of the threaded shank may rest against the same with nodetriment to the mechanical structure of my improvement, and therefore Ido not Wish to be limited in this respect.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. A handle or drawer pull comprising a postand rose the top of said post being perforated, and a threaded shankextending through said. perforation, the upper part of said shank beingoffset.

2. A handle or drawer' pull comprising an integral post and rose the topof said post being perforated, and a threaded shank extending throughsaid perforation and having a head eecentrically disposed with respectto its upper end which head rests against the top of the post.

3. A handle or drawer pull comprising an. integral pest and rose the topof said post being perforated at one side, and a threaded shankextending` through said perforation and having an offset upper portionand provided with ahead which rests against the top of the post.

1I. A handle or drawer pull comprising an integral post and rose. thetop of said post he ing countersunk and perforated at one side of saideountersunk portion, and a threaded shank extending through saidperl'orzuyion and having a head which snugly Viis within saideountersunk portion.

5. A handle or drawer pull comprising an integral post and rese the sideof the post having an opening for attachment of a handle while the topof said post is countersunk and perforated, and threaded shank extendingdown through said perforation and provided with a head which snugly litswithin said eountersunk portion, said shank being offset at the pointwhere it is joined to its head.

6. In a handle or drawer pull, the combination with the pest and rose,the former having a perforated top, of a threaded shank composed of ashort pin inserted through said perforation and having its lowerextremity externally threaded while its upper end is provided with ahead which rests against tho top of said post and an internally threadedtubular portion driven on the lower thr .aded end of said pin.

In testimony whereof I affix my siginrture in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR IV. BASSICK. Witnesses:

F. IV. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LoNennN.

